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Van Cortlandt Park may be the host for the International Cricket Council’s 2024 T20 World Cup. If the proposal is accepted by electeds, the park could be closed to the public for up to six months.

Van Cortlandt Park eyed for 2023 World Cup stadium

The world’s second most popular sport has never been the most popular in the United States, but perhaps that may change as the International Cricket Council eyes not only New York City as the host of the 2024 T20 World Cup, but Riverdale’s Van Cortlandt Park. more

By Eric Harvey | 7/23/23

SAR High School towers over the former Capital One bank that will become the site of a new athletic facility, parking and prayer and classroom space in 2025. Demolition is due to start any day now.

SAR High adding sports facility, second building

Those green painted wooden fences with windows can only mean one thing: another school project coming to Riverdale. This time it’s the Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School that is doing the building. more

By Gary Larkin | 7/23/23

Sigal Teten stands next to her Little Free Library organized by for her Bat Mitzvah project last October. This little library is one of approximately three in Riverdale. Teten painted the box herself, which is at 3001 Henry Hudson Parkway.

Sifting through what’s left of St. Gabriel School

There is nobody to take the books from the now closed Catholic school once known as Saint Gabriel. more

By Stacy Driks | 7/30/23

Nicole Wilder shows off the height of a Christmas tree at the P.S. 81 PTA Christmas tree and bake sale that she headed this past Saturday.

Oh, Christmas Tree! [Photo gallery]

12/11/14

Cashier cuffed, a fight over a taxi and more

1.On Oct. 7, the Stop & Shop grocery store at 5716 Broadway reported that an employee had been stealing from the store for four months. Security personnel observed the suspect, a 27-year-old … more

By Isabel Angell | 10/15/15

Police Beat - November 6, 2014

Police Beat - November 6, 2014 A. Robber strikes bank Police are searching for a petite woman that robbed a Country Bank branch at 583 West 235th St. on Monday at 11:30 a.m. According to … more

By Tanisia Morris | 11/5/14

The proposed stadium would begin its construction in January and finish in June. The tourney would have four to six matches. The stadium would then be demolished in July.

Cricketers, neighbors mixed about possible World Cup stadium

The prospect of a temporary cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park has left many cricket players apprehensive of potentially losing their scheduled season next year. more

By Eric Harvey | 7/30/23

The proposed stadium would take up 19.5 acres and close the southeast corner of the park’s parade ground to the public from its construction to its dismantling.

Mayor Adams' cricket plan at Van Cortlandt Park questioned

Mayor Eric Adams’ idea of bringing World Cup cricket to Van Cortlandt Park next year has met with some resistance following an emergency Community Board 8 meeting July 20. more

By Eric Harvey | 7/30/23

They’re all high school students, but they’re already working together to build one of New York’s City’s newest businesses. Carl Lu, left, is founder of Yellow River Capital. His company invested in TNTech, a computer-building company run by Niv Levy and Tal Sotnikov.

Building affordable computers by teens, funded by teens

Custom building a gaming personal computer seems like a hobby for the rich. Solving the age-old problem of not knowing which PC to purchase is even worse. more

By Stacy Driks | 7/7/23

Mysterious iPhone theft

1. Police said returning to her Fort Independence apartment from a grocery run at 8:40 a.m. on March 25, a 61-year-old woman noticed she was being followed. The woman picked up her pace, passed … more

By Nic Cavell | 4/1/15

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50 Years on the Job

Building relationships simply by repairing one kitchen at a time

Felix Lam has been the superintendent at 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten Duyvil for 50 years. The 81-year-old has made his home — and career — at the eight-story co-op since he was a young man. And how does that make him feel? “I’m very happy about it,” Lam said.

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